2 papers
physics.optics2018
Evolutionary algorithms converge towards evolved biological photonic structures
Mamadou Aliou Barry, Vincent Berthier, Bodo D. Wilts +6
Nature features a plethora of extraordinary photonic architectures that have been optimized through natural evolution. While numerical optimization is increasingly and successfully…
physics.bio-ph2017
Pili mediated intercellular forces shape heterogeneous bacterial microcolonies prior to multicellular differentiation
Wolfram Pönisch, Kelly Eckenrode, Khaled Alzurqa +4
Microcolonies are aggregates of a few dozen to a few thousand cells exhibited by many bacteria. The formation of microcolonies is a crucial step towards the formation of more matur…